LEEA Correspondence Courses

ASSIGNMENT 1.1

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1. The prime legislation for industrial safety in the UK is known as:

  The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
  The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
  The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
  The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

2. The broad duties of an employer are laid down in:

  Section 2 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
  Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act
  Section 2 of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations
  Section 2 of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations

3. Section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, as amended 1988:
  Makes employees responsible for the safety of others whilst at work
  Makes employers responsible for the health care of their employees
  Requires purchasers to ensure equipment they obtain complies with the relevant European Directives
  Requires suppliers to provide information on the safe use of their products

4. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require:

  Suppliers to provide information on the safe use of their products
  Competent persons to forward copies of defect reports to the HSE within 28 days of the examination
  Operatives to only use equipment for which they have received training/instruction
  Employers to have their lifting equipment examined at regular intervals

5. Employers are required to provide operatives with training/instruction in the correct use of lifting
equipment:
  This should take the manufacturer’s/supplier’s information into account
  This is not necessary if the employee has been using the equipment for several years without prior
training
  This is not necessary if loads less than 1 tonne are being lifted
  Is only necessary if the HSE inspector for the district instructs the employer

6. The ‘essential safety requirements’ for new lifting equipment are given in:
  The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992
  The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
  The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992
  The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

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7. For new lifting equipment to be supplied (taken into service) the manufacturer must issue an EC
Declaration of Conformity. This is a requirement of:
  The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
  The Factories Act 1961
  The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992
  The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

8. To show its compliance with the relevant Directive, lifting equipment must be:
  Marked with its WLL
  Painted red if it is alloy steel
  Marked with the CE mark
  Marked with its serial number

9. When a hoist manufacturer supplies a hoist without controls and suspension for a crane maker to build into
a crane, but which otherwise complies with the Machinery Directive, he must issue:
  There is no need to issue documentation as the final product will be the responsibility of the crane
maker
  A Test Certificate
  A Declaration of Conformity
  A Declaration of Incorporation

10. The easiest way for a manufacturer to ensure his products comply with the relevant Directive is to:
  Affix the CE mark
  Work to Harmonised European Standards
  Issue a Declaration of EC conformity
  Issue information on the safe use

11. When a user makes an item of lifting equipment for his own use, eg a spreader beam, and has it tested by a
lifting equipment company:
  The test organisation is responsible for issuing an EC Declaration of Conformity & affixing the CE
mark
  The user is responsible for issuing an EC Declaration of Conformity & affixing the CE mark
  The HSE must issue an EC Declaration of Conformity and affix the CE mark
  There is no need for an EC Declaration of Conformity or CE mark as it is for his own use

12. The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 require:
  Those who obtain equipment for others to use at work to ensure it complies with the relevant Directives
  Those who obtain lifting equipment for others to use at work to ensure it has been tested and examined
  Those who obtain lifting equipment for others to use at work to notify the HSE within 28 days
  Those who obtain lifting equipment for others to use at work to notify a competent person

13. The legal duty of an employer to keep work equipment properly maintained is a requirement of:
  The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations
  The Maintenance of Work Equipment (Safety) Regulations
  The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
  The Manual Handling Regulations

14. The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998:

  Catch those areas where lifting equipment is used which were omitted from older legislation
  Omit lifting operations in schools
  Omit lifting operations on farms
  Omit lifting operations in hospitals

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15. In addition to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 users also have to comply
with:
  The Lifting Plant and Equipment (Records of Test and Examination etc) Regulations
  The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
  The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations
  The Factories Act

16. As a result of new legislation introduced in 1998, examination reports for lifting appliances issued under
the Factories Act:
  Were invalid
  Were no longer be required
  Remained valid for the life of the appliance
  Remained valid until their normal expiry date

17. The competent person discovering a defect affecting the safety during the thorough examination of a hand
chain block is legally required to:
  Send a copy of the report to the enforcing authority (eg HSE)
  Enter the details in the register of lifting equipment
  Take no action, other than to advise the user
  Carry out the immediate repair and return the block to service

18. The information to be recorded following a thorough examination is given in:

  The Lifting Plant and Equipment (Records of Test and Examination etc) Regulations 1992
  The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
  The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992
  The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

19. In new Regulations and standards the term ‘coefficient of utilisation’ means:
  The working load limit
  The safe working load
  The factor of safety
  The mode factor

20. In new Regulations and standards, the term ‘lifting accessories’ can be taken as having the same meaning
as:
  Lifting appliances, such as mobile gantries
  Lifting equipment components, such as a piece of chain, rope or webbing with plain ends
  Lifting gear, such as shackles and eyebolts
  Lifting machines, such as chain blocks

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